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Warwick Medical School to lead study on the effect of physiotherapy after breast cancer surgery

What is expected to be the biggest UK study on the effect of physiotherapy on women after breast cancer surgery is to be led by Warwick Medical School in partnership with University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust.

9 Sep 2015

Researchers identify new way to help AML patients avoid a relapse

A protein domain once considered of little importance may be key to helping patients who are fighting acute myeloid leukemia (AML) avoid a relapse.

8 Sep 2015

Novel research tool identifies link between negative symptoms of schizophrenia and adverse clinical outcomes

A novel research tool developed by researchers from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience at King's College London has identified a link between the negative symptoms experienced by people with schizophrenia and adverse clinical outcomes.

8 Sep 2015

Molecular evolution in separate species predicts convergence of toxin resistance

Researchers at LSTM have shown that under certain circumstances evolution can be highly predictable, especially in terms of how creatures become resistant to dangerous toxins.

8 Sep 2015

Struggling to live with lung cancer

New data show that more than 50% of patients and carers struggled to cope with challenges of living with lung cancer.

8 Sep 2015

Why do we sleep? An interview with Professor Wisden

It is true that we still do not know why we need to sleep every night. Sleep is essential for health. We have to do it every day. But nobody yet knows why. This fact amazes me.

8 Sep 2015

DCR launches Biospecimen Research Grant Program

DaVita Clinical Research, a specialty contract research organization with services spanning a broad spectrum of drug and device development, announced today its Biospecimen Research Grant Program (BioReG), a grant program to award clinical-trial-quality biospecimens and annotated de-identified data to academic medical centers involved in kidney research.

8 Sep 2015

Scientists discover mechanism that could lead to new treatment for allergies

Most people with allergies have to take medication throughout their life: Their body "thinks" that proteins from the environment are so "strange" that they elicit an immune reaction. Until present, it was not possible to develop an efficient therapy so that the body "learns" to stop in an overreacting way.

8 Sep 2015

Lund University researchers reveal how the body develops acute pancreatitis

Researchers at Lund University in Sweden may have discovered one of the keys to understanding how the body develops acute pancreatitis. The results offer hope for the development of drugs that specifically target the disease.

8 Sep 2015

University of Bonn researchers find how cells in the body can detect genetic material of retroviruses

Researchers at the University of Bonn have discovered how cells in the body can detect the genetic material of so-called retroviruses. The pathogen of the immunodeficiency disease AIDS, the HI-1 virus, also belongs to this group. At the same time, the HI virus appears to circumvent this important defense mechanism.

8 Sep 2015

Study demonstrates effectiveness of new approach to protect humans from infectious disease

There are two common approaches to protecting humans from infectious disease: Targeting pathogens and parasites with medicines like antibiotics, or dealing with the conditions that allow transmission.

8 Sep 2015

Studies suggests that insular cortex may hold key to treating addiction

A pair of studies suggests that a region of the brain - called the insular cortex - may hold the key to treating addiction. Scientists have come to this conclusion after finding that smokers who suffered a stroke in the insular cortex were far more likely to quit smoking and experience fewer and less severe withdrawal symptoms than those with strokes in other parts of the brain.

8 Sep 2015

New study reveals pivotal role of miR-506 biomarker in gastric cancer

Gastric cancer poses a significant health problem in developing countries and is typically associated with late-stage diagnosis and high mortality. A new study in The American Journal of Pathology points to a pivotal role played by the biomarker microRNA (miR)-506 in gastric cancer.

8 Sep 2015

Umeå University study explains causes of significant increase in dengue incidence in Singapore

Population growth and increased temperature are the most important explanations to the significant increase of dengue incidence in Singapore since the 1970s. This is shown in a study undertaken by Joacim Rocklöv and his colleagues at the unit of Epidemiology and Global Health at Umeå University, published in the journal Plos One.

8 Sep 2015

AMRA, Pfizer collaborate to assess fat and muscle measurements to predict obesity, diabetes

AMRA announced that they have entered into a unique international collaboration with Pfizer Inc. to investigate the relationship between fat and muscle distribution in the body and metabolic health, including risk factors for conditions such as obesity and diabetes.

8 Sep 2015

Researchers identify machines critical for development and survival of species

In one of the largest and most detailed studies of animal molecular biology ever undertaken, researchers at The University of Texas at Austin and the University of Toronto discovered the assembly instructions for nearly 1,000 protein complexes shared by most kinds of animals, revealing their deep evolutionary relationships. Those instructions offer a powerful new tool for studying the causes of diseases such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and cancer.

7 Sep 2015

Desmoplasmic melanoma may possess unprecedented burden of gene mutations, say UCSF scientists

A rare, deadly form of skin cancer known as desmoplasmic melanoma (DM) may possess the highest burden of gene mutations of any cancer, suggesting that immunotherapy may be a promising approach for treatment, according to an international team led by UC San Francisco scientists. One of these mutations, never before observed in any cancer, may shield nascent DM tumors from destruction by the immune system and allow further mutations to develop.

7 Sep 2015

Antibiotic resistance awareness: an interview with Professor Colin Garner

The threat of antibiotic resistance is very real. It is estimated that 700,000 people die each from resistant infections. In Europe the figure is 25,000 deaths and a similar number in the USA.

7 Sep 2015

Study: Men and women with autism perform differently on 'Reading the Mind in the Eyes' test

Scientists at the University of Cambridge University have published new results in the journal PLoS ONE from the largest ever study of people with autism taking the 'Reading the Mind in the Eyes' test.

7 Sep 2015

Researchers identify two enzymes from Legionella bacteria that are vital for protein chemistry

A research group at Umeå University in Sweden, together with researchers in Munich, have identified two enzymes from the pathogenic Legionella bacteria that are very useful in chemically modifying proteins to be used in medical drugs. The result of the study is presented in the chemical journal Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

7 Sep 2015

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Warwick Medical School to lead study on the effect of physiotherapy after breast cancer surgery

Researchers identify new way to help AML patients avoid a relapse

Novel research tool identifies link between negative symptoms of schizophrenia and adverse clinical outcomes

Molecular evolution in separate species predicts convergence of toxin resistance

Struggling to live with lung cancer

Why do we sleep? An interview with Professor Wisden

DCR launches Biospecimen Research Grant Program

Scientists discover mechanism that could lead to new treatment for allergies

Lund University researchers reveal how the body develops acute pancreatitis

University of Bonn researchers find how cells in the body can detect genetic material of retroviruses

Study demonstrates effectiveness of new approach to protect humans from infectious disease

Studies suggests that insular cortex may hold key to treating addiction

New study reveals pivotal role of miR-506 biomarker in gastric cancer

Umeå University study explains causes of significant increase in dengue incidence in Singapore

AMRA, Pfizer collaborate to assess fat and muscle measurements to predict obesity, diabetes

Researchers identify machines critical for development and survival of species

Desmoplasmic melanoma may possess unprecedented burden of gene mutations, say UCSF scientists

Antibiotic resistance awareness: an interview with Professor Colin Garner

Study: Men and women with autism perform differently on 'Reading the Mind in the Eyes' test

Researchers identify two enzymes from Legionella bacteria that are vital for protein chemistry

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